How can the student movement—how can any movement—forge a strong core based on principled nonviolence? How can nonviolent activists in a movement relate to those who have not committed themselves to nonviolence?

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Michael, Pancho and Shannon discuss the recent student demonstrations at the University of California. Erika says nothing at all, which as it turns out is easily explained by an obscure Sanskrit text on linguistics.

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Recorded November 27, 2009

Thoughts and discussion on Obama’s Nobel Prize speech.

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30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. What would a nonviolent solution to that conflict look like?

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Last week’s webcast of Metta’s Michael Nagler being interviewed by Bettina Grey of Spiritual Resources is now up on their website. They have fixed the technical problems that made the real-time webcast difficult to see and hear… we hope you enjoy it!

Also don’t miss the other radio interview that Michael also gave last week with Michael Stone, which has also been archived and is available here.

Gap? What gap? Michael and team discuss nothing less than how to move forward with a complete nonviolent transformation of society. How do we isolate the essence of Gandhi’s movement, and adapt his principles for today?

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Recorded November 13, 2009

How will social media spread nonviolence? More with Nipun Mehta of Charity Focus and friends Pankaj and Chris of Tonic.

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Recorded April 10, 2009

Nonviolent stories with Nipun Mehta of Charity Focus and friends Pankaj and Chris of Tonic. What’s the most inspiring thing that happened to you this week? :-)

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Recorded April 10, 2009

The search for today’s “charkha”: finding unity in the diversity of our projects for social change, as the discussion from last time continues.

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Recorded March 27, 2009

Constructive program, the Progressive Unity Project, and the search for today’s “charkha”: Meditation is inner service, service is outer meditation. Also, teaching as a human need, plus one of the most powerful stories about Gandhi we’ve heard.

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Recorded March 27, 2009

Creating the new world: Constructive Program

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Recorded March 13, 2009

“Thou shalt not…” A spat about interrupting people leads to a reflection on the difficulties of codifying values. Only at Hope Tank.

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Recorded March 13, 2009

Conference or convergence? Metta brainstorms on the ideal conference.

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Recorded March 6, 2009

A brief chat introducing some of the Hope Tank regulars.

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Recorded February 27, 2009

The Metta group chats with our guest from Institute of Noetic Sciences about healthcare and peace, education and worldview literacy.

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Recorded February 27, 2009

Nonviolence, Strategic and Principled. Also environmentalism and our culture’s relationship with energy. Please pardon the (un)usual amount of noise; the discussion was too good not to post!

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Recorded February 20, 2009

Matter, energy, and changing our consciousness. Also, where will we find our next nonviolent leader?

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Recorded February 13, 2009

Obama is in office… now what? Welcome to the first installment of our Hope Tank podcast! Come join us for breakfast to discuss ideas for moving the world towards the new paradigm of peace and nonviolence.

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Recorded January 30, 2009

Metta is very pleased to have made a training video for our courageous friends at LaOnf, the network that is attempting to bring nonviolence to Iraq. It can now be seen with Arabic subtitles thanks to Mubarak Awad, Sarah Hashimi, Carolina Dabbah, and others for making this possible.